The city’s recently appointed Racial Equity Initiative leader was the subject of a criminal investigation regarding substantial unemployment fraud claims that occurred while she headed Ohio’s jobs department.
Ohioans waiting for extended unemployment benefits shouldn t have to wait much longer
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and last updated 2021-01-27 16:09:33-05
COLUMBUS, Ohio â The thousands of Ohioans waiting for extended unemployment benefits into the New Year should soon see checks headed their way.
More than 95,000 additional Ohioans will be able to file for unemployment this weekend thanks to extensions of emergency unemployment and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services system updates, the agency announced Wednesday.
Federal legislation last month extended many of the pandemic unemployment programs first implemented last spring by the CARES Act for up to 11 weeks, but those extended payments have been delayed.
Ohio unemployed ask: Where are our extended benefits? Job and Family Services defends itself against hundreds of complaints
The new stimulus deal was not just about sending out $600 checks â it also extended much needed unemployment benefits. Tonight, hundreds, if not thousands of local people are wondering why they havenât seen a dime.
and last updated 2021-01-20 21:33:36-05
CINCINNATI â The new year s stimulus package is supposed to extend unemployment benefits until April.
But three weeks into January, many Ohioans are asking,
Where s our money?
But the unemployed restaurant server is growing desperate, because her benefits ran out at Christmas.